Libor Kozák (confirmed post #190)

[paul_e]

Yeah, really nice finish, looked like the cross was too far in front of him but he did really well to get a clean strike on it.

[pauliewalnuts]

Crikey, nice elbow work, Libor!

Fuck yeah!

See the size of the gash in his head?

What was that film where someone shouts something along the lines of "fuck yeah, did you see his fucking head split open?".

Think it was a Vietnam film. Fuck, that's going to annoy me now.

Now you've got me bugged, cheers.

i knew my brother would know.

Platoon @ 2.34:

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[Malandro]

I was called 'razor elbows' when I played football, I'm also the same kind of build as Kozak.

I never, deliberately elbowed anybody - I'm sure its just height difference.

I was crap however.

[Ian.]

Great finish fo that goal, he reminds me of McInally.

[jeowje]

Lots of decent strikers struggle to score in the italian league, dennis bergkamp only really scored in the uefa cup for inter before joining arsenal, henry essentially struggled at juve as well.

[supertom]

Lots of decent strikers struggle to score in the italian league, dennis bergkamp only really scored in the uefa cup for inter before joining arsenal, henry essentially struggled at juve as well.

The Italian league isn't generally a place where the Kozak brand of CF normally flourishes. It's normally the poachers, speedsters or more technical kind of forwards who shine in that league.
I think Libor will be more suited to the English game. He looks awkward to play against. There's a definite Crouch vibe to him, but he looks stronger with it

[eamonn]

Was this his full debut for the Cheques?

[old man villa fan]

Was this his full debut for the Cheques?

No, he played in the previous game but drew a blank.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

I was called 'razor elbows' when I played football, I'm also the same kind of build as Kozak.

I never, deliberately elbowed anybody - I'm sure its just height difference.

I was crap however.

I was called Psycho.
No idea why. ;-)
I was also crap...however.

[tomd2103]

Nice goal, mind.

Great finish, but what a ball in!!

[eamonn]

Yeah, the whip on the cross was begging to be put away. Do we have the boyz that can do the same?

[darren woolley]

A good finish by Libor let's hope he can do that at the Villa.

[Malandro]

A good finish by Libor let's hope he can do that at the Villa.

I'm pretty confident he's going to be really useful, more down to the poor quality of the league (Nothing against Libor mind)

[eastie]

Libor Kozak is expected to be among the substitutes on Saturday – but Paul Lambert has promised the big Czech is not just at Villa to warm the bench.

Lambert believes Kozak has the pedigree to play regularly in the Premier League after his Europa League exploits and the experience of playing for his country.

The 24-year-old joined Villa for a fee believed to be in the region of Ł6 million when he arrived on a four-year deal from Lazio on deadline day.

He made a quickfire return to Italy with his national team in midweek, opening the scoring before the Azzuri hit back to win 2-1.

“He’s different, but I know he can score goals,” said Lambert. He’s a handful, he’s played in a league renowned for some of the hardest defending you can come up against.

“It’s really tough to get away from a defender in Italy. His goalscoring in the Europa League was incredible. He scored at an incredible rate at a level when you’re up against top players.

“I don’t know what happened at Lazio, what went on which meant he couldn’t get many starts in Serie A but he knows where the goal is.

“He scored a brilliant goal the other night against Italy in a real high-pressure game, so I don’t have any worries about him at all.

“I don’t bring players in to say ‘you can sit on the bench for six months’. He’s here to help and that’s what he’ll do. We’ve got options now. I can do what I want because he’s a No.9, which is what I think we’ve needed.”

[Monty]

Odd that he says we've 'needed a number 9' - we've got one of the best number nines in the world at the moment (that's no exaggeration), and we have no player to link from midfield and create things other than N'Zogbia - bombed out and injured anyway.